Ame-no-torifune-no-kami, whose name translates roughly to "heavenly bird-boat deity," appears in early Japanese mythological texts such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki as a kami associated with boats and sea travel. This deity is notably depicted as being sent to accompany other gods on important journeys, including missions related to the transfer of land, reflecting an ancient conceptual link between this kami and the means of transport across water. Beyond these mythic appearances, detailed independent worship traditions or shrine records specifically centered on Ame-no-torifune-no-kami are relatively limited in the historical record.